in which Wally executes his 'solution'
or
in which the apple chips helped
The first time, she thinks it's all a joke. She half-expects to hear prepubescent giggles erupt from some not-so-Secret Location if she were to pocket the rose, hold it to her chest, delicately sniff it. Then the flowers start arriving with strange messages, 1's and 0's scrawled on slips of scented lavender paper.
Now she knows she's been played.
Till she runs the numbers through a binary-to-text converter: your friendly neighborhood Flash Boy.
The next time she finds a rose in her locker, she also notices familiar sneaker squeaks as Wally races away.
Guilty as charged. Idea 'stolen' in part from the Teen Titans episode Lightspeed. Plus Spiderman reference.
m.e.